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Mars Daily Editorial Team

Editorial Team

The Mars Daily Editorial Team produces Mars Daily's coverage of Mars exploration and science. We report on rovers and orbiters, sample-return and human-Mars planning, and the geology, atmosphere and astrobiology of the Red Planet. Articles reflect our team's collective editorial process, source verification, drafting, technical review, and editing, rather than a single writer's work. Mars Daily takes editorial responsibility for content under this byline. For more on how we work, see our editorial policy.

Explosive flooding said responsible for distinctive Mars terrain

Catastrophic melting and outflow of a buried ice lake formed the lumpy, bumpy floor of an ancient impact carter on Mars, an Italian scientist says.

Sep 16, 2013

Upgrade to Mars rovers could aid discovery on more distant worlds

Smart as the Mars Curiosity mission has been about landing and finding its own way on a distant world, the rover is pretty brainless when it comes to doing the science that it was sent 567 million kilometers to carry out.

Sep 13, 2013

Terramechanics research aims to keep Mars rovers rolling

In May 2009, the Mars rover Spirit cracked through a crusty layer of Martian topsoil, sinking into softer underlying sand.

Sep 11, 2013

Investigating ‘Coal Island’ Rock Outcrop

Opportunity is at the base of 'Solander Point' on the rim of Endeavour Crater.

Sep 11, 2013

SwRI study suggests debris flows on frozen arctic sand dunes are similar to dark dune spot-seepage flows on Mars

A team of scientists from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has demonstrated that frozen water in the form of snow or frost can melt to form debris flows on…

Sep 10, 2013

New technology could make for smarter planet rovers

The Curiosity rover exploring Mars boasts impressive technology but future rovers will need more smarts to explore more distant worlds, U.S.

Sep 9, 2013

India prepares to launch country’s maiden mission to Mars

Indian officials have confirmed a November launch date for the country's first mission to Mars, set to launch from a spaceport in the south of the country.

Sep 9, 2013

Examining Rocks Around Boulder Field

Opportunity is at the base of 'Solander Point' on the rim of Endeavour Crater.

Sep 5, 2013

NASA Evaluates Four Candidate Sites for 2016 Mars Mission

NASA has narrowed to four the number of potential landing sites for the agency's next mission to the surface of Mars, a 2016 lander to study the planet's interior.

Sep 5, 2013

ASA Mars Rover Views Eclipse of the Sun by Phobos

Images taken with a telephoto-lens camera on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity catch the larger of Mars' two moons, Phobos, passing directly in front of the sun -- the sharpest images of a solar eclipse ever taken at Mars.

Sep 3, 2013

We may all be Martians

New evidence has emerged which supports the long-debated theory that life on Earth may have started on Mars.

Sep 3, 2013

Mars Curiosity Debuts Autonomous Navigation

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has used autonomous navigation for the first time, a capability that lets the rover decide for itself how to drive safely on Mars.

Sep 3, 2013

Scouting a Boulder Field

Opportunity is at the base of 'Solander Point' on the rim of Endeavour Crater.

Aug 28, 2013

International Space Agencies Outline Steps to Take Humans to Mars

A consortium of 12 space agencies, including NASA and Roscosmos, on Tuesday released a blueprint for future space exploration, which proposes using the…

Aug 22, 2013

Snapping Pictures of the Martian Moons

Opportunity is at the base of "Solander Point" on the rim of Endeavour Crater.

Aug 20, 2013

Mars Rover Opportunity Working at Edge of ‘Solander’

NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is studying the area of contact between a rock layer formed in acidic wet conditions long ago and an even older one that may be from a more neutral wet environment.

Aug 19, 2013